However, it is clear that one of the two is going to win.

I sincerely fear for the safety of our nation if Obama wins. His ties to terrorists, and his admiration of communists like Saul Alinsky is truly frightening. He clearly is not a student of history, because he fails to understand that the only way to ensure national security and peace is through strength, not capitulation and appeasement.

I still have many things to quibble with “President McCain” about, but intend to continue working at the state and local level on issues that are important to me — stemming illegal immigration, right to life, etc. Unless we secure majorities in both houses, those kitchen table issues are under assault.

We also can not afford to have the Demcrats continue to make appointments along the lines of Breyer and Ginsburg to the SCOTUS.

Virginia is a swing state this election, and every vote is going to count. We can no longer afford ourselves the luxury of “protest” votes. The contrast between McCain and Obama could not be more marked.

My husband is particularly concerned about our safety and security if Obama should win. Our foes will see weakness and vulnerability. He has worked as an advisor, teacher and mentor to foreign militaries including the Iraqi Army.
He lives and “gets” foreign policy and national security issues, even teaching other military professionals.

He is very worried that Obama will win because enough people want to write in a name or otherwise register their displeasure with many of McCain’s policies as a way of “punishing” the Republicans.

We really are being tested and are at a crossroads this election. Please see the “big” picture while continuing to advocate on the local level.

Every vote counts in Virginia this election. Please remember that, and what is at stake. From the bottom of my heart, I beg you to put your anger and frustration aside.

By announcing his commitment to this issue and indicating its posistion on his “first things to do list”, he could solidify more support.

http://www.gopplatform2008.com/2008Platform.pdf

The rule of law means guaranteeing to law
enforcement the tools and coordination to deport
criminal aliens without delay — and correcting court
decisions that have made deportation so difficult.

It means
requiring cooperation among
federal, state and local law
enforcement and real consequences,
including the denial
of federal funds, for selfdescribed
sanctuary cities,
which stand in open defiance of the federal and state
statutes that expressly prohibit such sanctuary policies,
and which endanger the lives of U.S. citizens.

We oppose amnesty. The rule of law suffers if
government policies encourage or reward illegal
activity. The American people’s rejection of en masse
legalizations is especially appropriate given the federal
government’s past failures to enforce the law

The new president’s “mandate” will be based on his platform - or as much of his platform as he is serious about.

The popular vote will have nothing to do with it.

The popular vote is what the new president will base his “mandate” on, and I won’t be part of contributing to Obama’s perceived mandate.

Those of us who have been around a while know that the President’s choices of nominees have challenged and discarded.

I will take my chances with Congress.

Even if he “had to” go - and even if we then had to hep rebuild and stabilize - I submit that the degree of hand-holding and (supposedly unwanted) support we provide is inappropriate, given that the people of Iraq say they don’t want us there and collude to kill us. Bush played this so badly it makes me want to cry.

What do you believe happened in Germany during the aftermath of World War II?

Saddam Hussein … let’s review -

1. Tried to build nuclear capability that was thwarted by an Israeli air raid.
2. Gassed (i.e. used weapons of mass destruction against) the Kurds in his own country.
3. Attacked Iran and ignited a war that left over a million people dead.
4. Invaded Kuwait.
5. Plotted the assasination of a former US president.
6. Provided compensation to the families of suicide bombers who killed innocent civilians in Israel.

And his sons were going to be the next leaders and they were worse than he was.

He had billions of dollars to spend from his oil.

He had to go.

Maybe the whole thing could have been handled differently or better but he had to go.

No?

http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=236961

Neither of these jokers, Obama or McCain will address illegal immigration.

I think the country is in big trouble due to their denial.

Without a cooperative Congress, whomever is elected to the highest office in the land, we can expect another 4 years of the same “dysfunctional marriage” of the past 8 years, with no option for divorce.

It doesn’t really matter whether we vote for McCain or Obama or Mickey Mouse. Congress introduces bills, ties them up in committees, kills them on the floor or passes them on to the President to sign into law or be vetoed.

I’m not so certain it really matters that much who we vote for in the Presidential election. After all, its not OUR votes that put a President into office …. that is decided by the Electoral College. We already know there is no requirement that Delegates’ votes mirror the voting perference of American voters.

American voters however do have total and final say as to who will represent us in Congress - who will enact and slide through legislation for Presidential approval. Legislation that best represents the needs and will of their constituents.

I do not plan to vote for Obama or McCain. Writing in Rob Paul, imho, is not throwing away my vote, because I already know that my Presidential vote is only worth anything if it coincides with the votes of the delegates.

The past 8 years have been a disappointment to say the least. For this reason, I will focus my vote and support at the Congressional level and hope it will in some small way help our country break this dysfunctional cycle.

I also predict that historians will not be kind to Bush.

Such as Homeland Security for starters ?

SURE they do! I asked -you answered. America IS Co-Dependant.

Does anyone have an English translation of the Spanish material McCain’s people post?

The GOP put up JUAN MCAMNESTY as a Presidential candidate. This guy fought tooth and nail to bamboozle the American people into Amnesty. This is not the year to try to convince anyone that the GOP collectively gives a flying freak about immigration.

If we don’t leave, we at least need to credibly threaten that we might. We are dealing with a culture of bargaining. They know we intend to stay, and therefore feel no urgency about growing balls and taking responsibility for their own destiny.